Vocabulary:
Agree (v): Think that an opinion or plan is correct
Boarder (n): A person staying at a boarding house
Case (n): The way things are. If that is the case, maybe I was wrong; An example of something

 

ANNE: My brother, David, worked in the family business too. But he didn’t like it. He wanted to try something different.
JOHN: So what happened?
ANNE: My parents agreed. They let him come to Australia to study.
JOHN: Where did he go?
ANNE: He came here, to Adelaide. He studied computer science. We thought he was happy.
JOHN: And then what happened?
ANNE: I don’t know. He wrote every week, and then the letters stopped.
JOHN: Do you know where he lived?
ANNE: He stayed with an Australian family. He was a boarder. Here’s the address.
She passes JOHN a piece of paper.
JOHN: Did you phone them?
ANNE: Yes, of course. He left there a year ago. They don’t know where he went.
JOHN: Does he have a mobile phone?
ANNE: I don’t know. He did, but he doesn’t answer it now.
JOHN: Don’t worry Ms Lee. I’ll find your brother. I’m on the case.
He shakes her hand and she leaves. JOHN looks at the photo. Now he looks worried.